This performance of Grieg's Piano Concerto with Mariss Jansons leading the Berliner Philharmoniker is not the first time Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes has recorded his fellow-countryman's concerto. Back in 1990 when he was a young steel-fingered super-virtuoso, Andsnes also recorded the work with Dmitri Kitayenko and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance that could change the course of mighty rivers and leap tall buildings in a single bound. Nor is this the first time Andsnes' 2002 recording of the ...
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This performance of Grieg's Piano Concerto with Mariss Jansons leading the Berliner Philharmoniker is not the first time Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes has recorded his fellow-countryman's concerto. Back in 1990 when he was a young steel-fingered super-virtuoso, Andsnes also recorded the work with Dmitri Kitayenko and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance that could change the course of mighty rivers and leap tall buildings in a single bound. Nor is this the first time Andsnes' 2002 recording of the concerto has been issued: back in 2003, EMI had released it coupled with his recording of Schumann's Piano Concerto. Nor is this the first release of Andsnes' 2001 performances of six of Grieg's Lyric Pieces included here: recorded in the composer's own home on his own piano, they were also issued along with 18 other Lyric Pieces in 2002.It is, however, the first release of Andsnes' first recording from 2007 of Grieg's nearly 20-minute-long Ballade in G minor. And though dedicated fans of...
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